Abstract: An interlaced data acquisition scheme is employed in an ultrasound imaging device to reduce the amount of electrical power consumed by the device's transmit firings when collecting video data. Reducing electrical consumption according to the present disclosure reduces battery size, weight and cost; reduces heat generation; reduces need for heat-dissipating materials in the probe and prolongs probe uptime. A reconstruction algorithm is employed to produce images from the interlaced data that are comparable in quality to videos that would be obtained by a conventional (non-interlaced) image acquisition.

Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and computer-implemented media. The apparatus is to perform a vessel detection algorithm to detect, in real time during image generation by an ultrasound imaging device, a vessel of a living body, the algorithm including: determining current vessel parameters based on a current ultrasonic image frame on a display at a current time; determining preceding vessel parameters based on a preceding ultrasonic image frame on the display at a time preceding the current time; determining current flow data for vessel fluid flow corresponding to the current ultrasonic image frame; and detecting and tracking the vessel based on the current vessel parameters, the preceding vessel parameters and the current flow data; and determine and cause to display to a user, via a user interface device that includes the display, information regarding a suitability of the vessel for access by a predetermined foreign object.

Abstract: An interlaced data acquisition scheme is employed in an ultrasound imaging device to reduce the amount of electrical power consumed by the device's transmit firings when collecting video data. Reducing electrical consumption according to the present disclosure reduces battery size, weight and cost; reduces heat generation; reduces need for heat-dissipating materials in the probe and prolongs probe uptime. A reconstruction algorithm is employed to produce images from the interlaced data that are comparable in quality to videos that would be obtained by a conventional (non-interlaced) image acquisition.